Work Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Boys, workin' on emp[Am]ty
Is [G]that the kinda way
to face the burning [Am]heat?
[G]I just think about my bab[Am]y
I'm [G]so full of love I could barely eat
[G]There's nothing sweeter than my bab[Am]y
I'd [G]never want once from the cherry [Am]tree
[G]'Cause my baby's sweet as can be[Am]
She [G]give me toothaches just from kissin' me

[Chorus 1]
[Em]When my ti[D]me comes aroun[G]d
Lay me gently in the cold dark [Am]earth
[Em]No grave can hold [D]my body down[G]

[Verse 2]
I'll crawl home to her
[G]Boys, when my baby found me[Am]
[G]I was three days on a drunken s[Am]in
[G]I woke with her walls around me[Am]
[G]Nothin' in her room but an empty crib
[G]And I was burnin' up a fever[Am]
I [G]didn't care much how long I [Am]lived
[G]But I swear I thought I dreamed her[Am]
She [G]never asked me once

[Chorus 2]
about the wrong I did
[Em]When my ti[D]me comes aroun[G]d
Lay me gently in the cold dark [Am]earth
[Em]No grave can hold [D]my body down[G]
I'll crawl home to her
[Em]When my ti[D]me comes aroun[G]d
Lay me gently in the cold dark [Am]earth
[Em]No grave can hold [D]my body down[G]

[Verse 3]
I'll crawl home to her
[G]My baby never fret non[Am]e
A[G]bout what my hands and my body [Am]done
[G]If the Lord don't forgive me[Am]
I'd [G]still have my baby
and my babe would have me
[G]When I was kissing on my baby[Am]
And [G]she put her love down soft and [Am]sweet
[G]In the low lamp light I was fre[Am]e
[G]Heaven and hell were words to me

[Chorus 3]
[Em]When my ti[D]me comes aroun[G]d
Lay me gently in the cold dark [Am]earth
[Em]No grave can hold [D]my body down[G]
I'll crawl home to her
[Em]When my ti[D]me comes aroun[G]d
Lay me gently in the cold dark [Am]earth
[Em]No grave can hold [D]my body down[G]

[Outro 1]
I'll crawl home to her
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